St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-06-16
SONS OF CALEDONIA IN CHICAGO
For the Caledonian.

For the Caledonian.
The writer recently contributed to
the Caledonian a series of biographi-
cal sketches of some of the Caledonia
county men who have made successful
records in the West. Brief sketches
of Others, mainly natives of st. Johns
bury, and some of them graduates o
the CaledOnian Office, may be of inter
est. The first mention make is of
WILLIAM A. HUTCHINSON.
Another son of Caledonia county
who has been successful in Chicago by
virtue of his abilities, his industry
diligence, faithfulness and devotion tC
business, is VIM. A. Hutchinson, who
was born at Sutton, in 1916. His
father was William Hutchinson, at one
time a well known citizen of the north
ern part of Caledonia county, and his
mother was Susan Hill, of Danville
After receiving a common school edu-
cation young Hutchinson learned the
printers trade in the office of the Gale
DOMAIN. In 1866 he came West, and
after spending few months in Wis
cOnsin and Iowa, came to Chicago and
secured employment on the Evening
Journal as "A cOmpOsitOr. His faithful
ness, intelligence and efficiency were
soon recognized by his employers, and
after filling various positions of trust
he was made foreman of the cOmpOs
ing room in 1874-a position of great
responsibility on large daily news
paper. | am told by another member
of the Journal staff that Mr.. Hutchin-
sons judgmeI is always consulted in
matters perta- mag to the typOgraphi-
cal appearance and make up of the
Journal, and the reputation it bears OF
being one of the handsOmest dailies in
the country is no doubt largely due to
the excellent training the apprentice
received in the Office of that model
country paper, The Caledonian. He is
now a stakeholder in the Journal com
pany and edits the weekly edition OF
that excellent paper. These facts are
to his credit, because they evidence
his careful and assiduOus attention to
business. He is IA young man of excel
lent habits and character and is re-
spected by the craft and fraternity and
all who know him, as man and gen
tleman of many good qualities of heart
and head-this son of Caledonia cOun-
ty, whom many of your readers will
remember, presume.
In 1874 he married Mary Clement,
of Chicago at the time, but who for
merly lived in st. Johnsbury. They
have a pleasant home in Oak Park, one
of Chicago's handsOmest suburbs.
WILLIAM HARRISON HALVES
was born at Barnet. His father, John
Halves, is still living and in st. Johns
bury, and the oldest living resident
there-ninety years of age, aud was
born at Passumpsic; his mothers
name was Jane Gilchrist, of Barnet,
also still living. His father has been
the owner of stage lines and been en-
gagged in other lines of business.
VIM. Harrison was born Jan. 4th,
184l. Attended school at Prof. Colby's
academy, st. Johnsbury thence to the
Office of The CaledOnian when seven
teen years of age, and learned the
printers trade. In 1860 he went to
Boston and worked at his trade in the
Office of the Riverside Press until the
war of the Rebellion broke out, when
he returned to Vermont and enlisted
in the Sd VT. Inf; served two years
when he was honOrably discharged on
account of disability. In January
1868 he came to Chicago, travelled
and worked at his trade-mainly on
state work. Later he became proof
reader on the Evening Journal for a
time, and when the Chicago Daily Sun
was established he became its mechani-
cal foreman, and was such during its
existence. He then went east and
visited his aged parents and friends of
his youth, for two months, when he re-
turned to Chicago, and on September
LIST, 1886 Joined the Newspaper Union
establishment as editor of the Ledger,
family story paper. In all of these
different emplOyments he has main
tanned a reputation and character
which has won and retained the re-
spect of the craft and of those with
whom he has come in contact.
In 1873 he married Mrs. Jennie War
ner of Illinois. They live at 768 West
Jackson street, on the west side of the
city.
HENRY A. WINTER.
New England has furnished to the
west and other parts of the country
the best of the keepers of first class
hotels. The secret of their success in
pleasing the sensitive and critical pa
tron of the best hotels is in the matter
of the cuisine; or, in other words, the |
quality, kind and variety of edibles |
which are placed on the table for his |
physical qualification, and the secret
Of their pleasing in this respect is in
their judgment in the selection of the
steward, who has charge of that de-